Mine detail: Frankie Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

40.14049, -113.82751

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Silver, Gold, Lead, Tungsten
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Malachite, Pyrite, Scheelite, Tenorite
Gangue:	Apatite, Calcite, Diopside, Garnet, Humite, Quartz, Tourmaline
Orebody form:	FORMS SHEETS PARALLEL TO CONTACT

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Oquirrh Formation
Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Gold Hill Stock
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Basin And Range, Mineral Sheets Or Fissures
Tectonic:	Sevier Orogenic Belt
Alteration processes:	Oxidation

References

MRDS	DC15180
DEP	10021194
Reference	{Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: NOLAN, 1935 P. 123. EL SHATOORY AND WHELAN, 1970 P. 32-34}{Deposit:: NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT UTAH, USGS PP 177, P. 123.}{Deposit:: EL-SHATOURY, H.M., & WHELAN, J.A., 1970, MINERALIZATION IN THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT TOOELE CO. UTAH, UGMS BULLETIN 83}{Deposit:: USBM, 1976, MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEMS REPORT.}{Deposit:: 1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, PROF. PAPER 177, PL. 2}{Deposit:: 1935 RECON NOLAN, T.B., PROF. PAPER 177, P. 123}{Deposit:: 1970 MINEMAP UNIV OF UTAH-UTAH GEOL SURV BULL 83}{Production:: NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH, USGS PP 177, P. 123}{Reserve-Resource:: MESSENGER, H.M., 1981, ON SITE INSPECTION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY}
Reporter	Messenger, Harold M. III, Unknown